// this is an attempt to get rid of the extra command line step for printing pdfs.
// it also uses the display names inside the idw for the pdf names rather than getting it from a Vault property.
public Boolean printToPDF(string idw, string outputFolder, string pdfPrinterName, string psToPdfProgName, string ghostScriptWorkingFolder, ref string errMessage, ref string logMessage)
{
{
try
{
// set log file location
XmlConfigurator.Configure();
log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy h =
(log4net.Repository.Hierarchy.Hierarchy)LogManager.GetRepository();
foreach (IAppender a in h.Root.Appenders)
{
if (a is FileAppender)
{
FileAppender fa = (FileAppender)a;
// Programmatically set this to the desired location here
string logFileLocation = outputFolder + "PDFPrint.log";
// Uncomment the lines below if you want to retain the base file name
// and change the folder name...
//FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(fa.File);
//logFileLocation = string.Format(@"C:\MySpecialFolder\{0}", fileInfo.Name);
fa.File = logFileLocation;
fa.ActivateOptions();
break;
}
}
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerComponent oApprentice = new ApprenticeServerComponent();
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument drgDoc;
oApprentice.Open(idw);
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
int pageCount = 1;
List <string> assemblyFileNameList = new List <string>();
idwFile idwFileToPrint = new idwFile();
idwFileToPrint.sheetNames = new List <string>();
idwFileToPrint.idwName = idw;
idwFileToPrint.pageCount = drgDoc.Sheets.Count;
foreach (Sheet sh in drgDoc.Sheets)
{
if (sh.DrawingViews.Count > 0)
{
string modelName;
modelName = sh.DrawingViews[1].ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.DisplayName;
// this doesn't work right on files with special characters.
//modelName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(modelName);
if (modelName.EndsWith(".ipt") || modelName.EndsWith(".iam"))
{
int index = modelName.LastIndexOf('.');
modelName = index == -1 ? modelName: modelName.Substring(0, index);
}
idwFileToPrint.sheetNames.Add(modelName);
pageCount++;
}
}
log.Info("Sheet Names All Read When Printing " + idwFileToPrint.idwName);
string printer = pdfPrinterName;
string pdfConverter = psToPdfProgName;
string workingDir = ghostScriptWorkingFolder;
string psFileName = "";
string pdfFileName = "";
try
{
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeDrawingPrintManager pMgr;
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
pMgr = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeDrawingPrintManager)drgDoc.PrintManager;
pMgr.Printer = printer;
int actualSheetIndex = 1;
int modifiedSheetIndex = 1;
foreach (Sheet sh in drgDoc.Sheets)
{
string modelName;
//string modelExtension;
if (sh.DrawingViews.Count > 0) // added to make sure sheet has at least one drawing view
{
modelName = sh.DrawingViews[1].ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.DisplayName;
// this doesn't work right on files with special characters.
//modelName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(modelName);
if (modelName.EndsWith(".ipt") || modelName.EndsWith(".iam"))
{
int index = modelName.LastIndexOf('.');
modelName = index == -1 ? modelName : modelName.Substring(0, index);
}
string newName = "";
switch (sh.Orientation)
{
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kLandscapePageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kLandscapeOrientation;
break;
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kDefaultPageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kDefaultOrientation;
break;
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kPortraitPageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kPortraitOrientation;
break;
}
pMgr.SetSheetRange(actualSheetIndex, actualSheetIndex);
pMgr.PrintRange = PrintRangeEnum.kPrintSheetRange;
pMgr.ScaleMode = InventorApprentice.PrintScaleModeEnum.kPrintBestFitScale;
//if (more than one matching pdf name)
if (idwFileToPrint.sheetNames.Where(x => x.Equals(idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1])).Count() > 1)
{
newName = outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf"))
{
assemblyFileNameList.Add(newName);
newName = outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + "~" + 1 + ".pdf";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(newName))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(newName);
}
System.IO.File.Move(outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf", newName);
assemblyFileNameList.Add(newName);
}
}
psFileName = outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".ps";
pdfFileName = outputFolder + idwFileToPrint.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf";
// for some reason if a ps filename contains a comma it doesn't want to print.
// we'll replace it with a tilde.
if (psFileName.Contains(","))
{
psFileName = psFileName.Replace(',', '~');
log.Warn("One or more characters replaced with '~' in " + pdfFileName);
//logMessage += "One or more characters replaced with '~' in " + pdfFileName + "\r\n";
}
if (psFileName.Contains("°"))
{
psFileName = psFileName.Replace('°', '~');
log.Warn("One or more characters replaced with '°' in " + pdfFileName);
//logMessage += "One or more characters replaced with '°' in " + pdfFileName + "\r\n";
}
pMgr.PrintToFile(psFileName);
if (System.IO.File.Exists(psFileName))
{
log.Info("PS file generated for " + psFileName);
}
else
{
log.Warn("PS file for " + psFileName + "could not be generated.");
continue; // skip trying to create a pdf if we couldn't generate a ps
}
// notice:
// gs doesn't seem to be able to handle the degree symbol
// all filenames with a degree symbol will lose it when run through this script
Process oProc = new Process();
// need the full path to the program if we want to set UseShellExecute to false
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(pdfConverter);
startInfo.WorkingDirectory = workingDir;
startInfo.Arguments = @"""" + psFileName + @"""" + " " + @"""" + pdfFileName + @"""";
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
oProc.StartInfo = startInfo;
oProc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
oProc.Start();
oProc.WaitForExit();
if (assemblyFileNameList != null)
{
if (assemblyFileNameList.Count > 1) // combine multiple assembly drawings into one pdf file
{
// Open the input files
PdfDocument inputDocument1 = new PdfDocument();
PdfDocument inputDocument2 = new PdfDocument();
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0]))
{
inputDocument1 = PdfReader.Open(assemblyFileNameList[0], PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import);
}
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[1]))
{
inputDocument2 = PdfReader.Open(assemblyFileNameList[1], PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import);
}
// Create the output document
PdfDocument outputDocument = new PdfDocument();
// Show consecutive pages facing. Requires Acrobat 5 or higher.
outputDocument.PageLayout = inputDocument1.PageLayout;
int count = Math.Max(inputDocument1.PageCount, inputDocument2.PageCount);
for (int idx = 0; idx < count; idx++)
{
PdfPage page1 = new PdfPage();
PdfPage page2 = new PdfPage();
if (inputDocument1.PageCount > idx)
{
page1 = inputDocument1.Pages[idx];
page1 = outputDocument.AddPage(page1);
}
if (inputDocument2.PageCount > idx)
{
page2 = inputDocument2.Pages[idx];
page2 = outputDocument.AddPage(page2);
}
}
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0]))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(assemblyFileNameList[0]);
}
// Save the document...
while (!(System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0])))
{
string filename = assemblyFileNameList[0];
outputDocument.Save(filename);
}
// delete the temp file and clear the list
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[1]))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(assemblyFileNameList[1]);
}
assemblyFileNameList.Clear();
}
}
System.IO.File.Delete(psFileName);
actualSheetIndex++;
modifiedSheetIndex++;
}
else
{
actualSheetIndex++; // still need to increment sheet index, even if no drawing view was found
// on current sheet...
}
// double check to make sure file got generated and saved properly.
if (!System.IO.File.Exists(pdfFileName))
{
log.Warn("No PDF Generated for " + pdfFileName);
//logMessage += "No PDF Generated for " + pdfFileName + "\r\n";
}
else
{
log.Info("PDF Generated for " + pdfFileName);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//errMessage += "PDF Generation Error in printToPDF\r\n";
//errMessage += ex.Message + "\r\n";
log.Error("PDF Generation Error in printToPDF");
log.Error(ex.Message);
return(false);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//errMessage += "IDW File Read Error in printToPDF\r\n";
//errMessage += ex.Message + "\r\n";
log.Error("IDW File Read Error in printToPDF");
log.Error(ex.Message);
return(false);
}
return(true);
}
}
// this routine was coded to use the ERP names instead of the part names
// it needs to have a list of ERP names passed to it, each one matching its corresponding sheet in the IDW.
// the routine actually doesn't care whether it gets passed Vault Names or Epicor Numbers,
// it'll just name the pdfs accordingly
// as of November 1 2017, it is no longer being used.
public Boolean printToPDFNew(string idw, System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary <VDF.Vault.Currency.Entities.IEntity,
Autodesk.DataManagement.Client.Framework.Vault.Currency.Properties.PropertyValue>
propDict, string outputFolder, ref string errMessage, ref string logMessage)
{
{
try
{
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerComponent oApprentice = new ApprenticeServerComponent();
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument drgDoc;
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
oApprentice.Open(idw);
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
int pageCount = 1;
List <string> assemblyFileNameList = new List <string>();
idwFile idwObject = new idwFile();
idwObject.sheetNames = new List <string>();
idwObject.idwName = idw;
idwObject.pageCount = drgDoc.Sheets.Count;
foreach (Sheet sh in drgDoc.Sheets)
{
if (sh.DrawingViews.Count > 0)
{
string modelName;
string modelExtension;
modelName = sh.DrawingViews[1].ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.DisplayName;
modelExtension = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(modelName);
bool matchFound = false;
foreach (KeyValuePair <VDF.Vault.Currency.Entities.IEntity,
VDF.Vault.Currency.Properties.PropertyValue> pair in propDict)
{
if (pair.Key.EntityMasterId != 0)
{
if (pair.Key.EntityName.ToString() == modelName)
{
modelName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(pair.Value.Value.ToString());
//logMessage+= "\nModel Name: " + modelName + "\n\r";
matchFound = true;
idwObject.sheetNames.Add(modelName);
break;
}
}
}
if (!matchFound)
{
logMessage += @" " + "\r\n" + @" " + "No corresponding model found for " + modelName + @" " + "\r\n" + @" ";
idwObject.sheetNames.Add("unmatchedfile");
pageCount++;
//continue;
}
else
{
pageCount++;
}
}
}
string debugFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + @"\PrintPDFCommandLine\debug.txt";
using (StreamWriter writetext = new StreamWriter(debugFileName))
{
writetext.WriteLine(AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFWorkingFolder").ToString());
}
Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
myProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFWorkingFolder").ToString();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFExecutable").ToString();
myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = @"""" + AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFPrinter").ToString() + @"""" + " " +
@"""" + outputFolder + @"""" + " " +
@"""" + AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFPS2PDF").ToString() + @"""" + " " +
@"""" + AppSettings.Get("GhostScriptWorkingFolder").ToString() + @"""" + " " +
@"""" + idw + @"""" + " " +
(pageCount - 1) + " ";
foreach (string sheetName in idwObject.sheetNames)
{
myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments += " " + @"""" + sheetName + @"""";
}
myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
myProcess.Start();
myProcess.WaitForExit();
string argumentsFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + @"\PrintPDFCommandLine\arguments.txt";
using (StreamWriter writetext = new StreamWriter(argumentsFileName))
{
writetext.WriteLine(myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments);
}
string returnFileName = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + @"\PrintPDFCommandLine\" + AppSettings.Get("PrintPDFreturnFile").ToString();
int lineCount = System.IO.File.ReadLines(returnFileName).Count();
// after a successful run of PrintPDF, the file 'return.txt' should contain a
// list of files printed, the number of lines matching the number of sheets in the idw
if (!(lineCount == pageCount))
// if the drawing set has a sheet with no drawing views on it, for example if a sheet has only a BOM
// this test will not be accurate. The routine will return an error even though the pages all printed ok
// but because the page count does not equal the sheet count it will return a false error.
// so I decided for now I will still log the error, but we won't return a fail status.
{
errMessage = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(returnFileName);
}
else
{
logMessage += idw + " printed successfully";
}
errMessage = logMessage;
return(true);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
errMessage += "Unknown Error in printToPDF\r\n";
errMessage += ex.Message + "\r\n";
return(false);
}
}
}
static int Main(string[] args)
{
// the first parameter passed to this program needs to be the name of the printer to print to.
// the second one is the path to the folder to print the pdfs to
// the third one is the path and name of the executable of the postscript to pdf converter
// the rest of the parameters need to be in sets as follows:
// 1. the full path to the idw file
// 2. the number of pages in the idw file
// 3. a list of filenames (the count matching the number of pages), one for each page in the idw
// this program writes to a text file called return.txt that is created in the %appdata%\PrintPDFCommandLine directory.
// it outputs each pdf filename on a line by itself as soon as it has successfully written it.
string printer = "";
string outputFolder = "";
string pdfConverter = "";
string workingDir = "";
string IOFolder = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + @"\PrintPDFCommandLine\";
string returnFileName = IOFolder + "return.txt";
string callingParamsFileName = IOFolder + "callingparams.txt";
List <idwFile> idwFiles = new List <idwFile>();
try
{
if (System.IO.File.Exists(returnFileName))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(returnFileName);
}
idwFile idw = new idwFile();
idw.sheetNames = new List <string>();
if (args == null)
{
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(returnFileName, true))
{
file.WriteLine("Error: No arguments specified, aborting operation");
}
Console.WriteLine("No arguments specified, aborting operation\n");
return(1); // printer not specified, nothing to print
}
printer = args[0]; // first argument is name of printer to print to
outputFolder = args[1];
pdfConverter = args[2];
workingDir = args[3];
for (int argIndex = 4; argIndex < args.Count();) // the rest of the arguments are the pdf names to use for printing the idw sheets
{
idw.idwName = args[argIndex];
idw.pageCount = int.Parse(args[argIndex + 1]);
argIndex += 2;
int i = 0;
for (i = argIndex; i < (argIndex + idw.pageCount); i++)
{
idw.sheetNames.Add(args[i]);
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(callingParamsFileName, true))
{
file.WriteLine(args[i]);
if (System.IO.File.Exists(outputFolder + args[i] + ".pdf"))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(outputFolder + args[i] + ".pdf"); // delete any outdated files
}
}
}
argIndex = i;
idwFiles.Add(idw);
idw.sheetNames = new List <string>();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(returnFileName, true))
{
file.WriteLine("Error: Problems parsing arguments, aborting operation");
}
Console.WriteLine("Problems parsing arguments, aborting operation\n");
return(1);
}
try
{
foreach (idwFile idw in idwFiles)
{
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerComponent oApprentice = new ApprenticeServerComponent();
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument drgDoc;
InventorApprentice.ApprenticeDrawingPrintManager pMgr;
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
oApprentice.Open(idw.idwName);
drgDoc = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeServerDrawingDocument)oApprentice.Document;
pMgr = (InventorApprentice.ApprenticeDrawingPrintManager)drgDoc.PrintManager;
pMgr.Printer = printer;
int actualSheetIndex = 1;
int modifiedSheetIndex = 1;
foreach (Sheet sh in drgDoc.Sheets)
{
string modelName;
string modelExtension;
if (sh.DrawingViews.Count > 0) // added to make sure sheet has at least one drawing view
{
modelName = sh.DrawingViews[1].ReferencedDocumentDescriptor.DisplayName;
modelExtension = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(modelName);
List <string> assemblyFileNameList = new List <string>();
string newName = "";
switch (sh.Orientation)
{
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kLandscapePageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kLandscapeOrientation;
break;
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kDefaultPageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kDefaultOrientation;
break;
case PageOrientationTypeEnum.kPortraitPageOrientation:
pMgr.Orientation = PrintOrientationEnum.kPortraitOrientation;
break;
}
pMgr.SetSheetRange(actualSheetIndex, actualSheetIndex);
pMgr.PrintRange = PrintRangeEnum.kPrintSheetRange;
pMgr.ScaleMode = InventorApprentice.PrintScaleModeEnum.kPrintBestFitScale;
//if (more than one matching pdf name)
if (idw.sheetNames.Where(x => x.Equals(idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1])).Count() > 1)
{
newName = outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf"))
{
assemblyFileNameList.Add(newName);
newName = outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + "~" + 1 + ".pdf";
if (System.IO.File.Exists(newName))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(newName);
}
System.IO.File.Move(outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf", newName);
assemblyFileNameList.Add(newName);
}
}
string psFileName = outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".ps";
string pdfFileName = outputFolder + idw.sheetNames[modifiedSheetIndex - 1] + ".pdf";
// for some reason if a ps filename contains a comma it doesn't want to print.
// we'll replace it with a tilde.
if (psFileName.Contains(","))
{
psFileName = psFileName.Replace(',', '~');
}
if (psFileName.Contains("°"))
{
psFileName = psFileName.Replace('°', '~');
}
pMgr.PrintToFile(psFileName);
// notice:
// gs doesn't seem to be able to handle the degree symbol
// all filenames with a degree symbol will lose it when run through this script
Process oProc = new Process();
// need the full path to the program if we want to set UseShellExecute to false
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(pdfConverter);
//startInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.18\bin\";
startInfo.WorkingDirectory = workingDir;
startInfo.Arguments = @"""" + psFileName + @"""" + " " + @"""" + pdfFileName + @"""";
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
oProc.StartInfo = startInfo;
oProc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
oProc.Start();
oProc.WaitForExit();
if (assemblyFileNameList != null)
{
if (assemblyFileNameList.Count > 1) // combine multiple assembly drawings into one pdf file
{
// Open the input files
PdfDocument inputDocument1 = new PdfDocument();
PdfDocument inputDocument2 = new PdfDocument();
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0]))
{
inputDocument1 = PdfReader.Open(assemblyFileNameList[0], PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import);
}
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[1]))
{
inputDocument2 = PdfReader.Open(assemblyFileNameList[1], PdfDocumentOpenMode.Import);
}
// Create the output document
PdfDocument outputDocument = new PdfDocument();
// Show consecutive pages facing. Requires Acrobat 5 or higher.
outputDocument.PageLayout = inputDocument1.PageLayout;
int count = Math.Max(inputDocument1.PageCount, inputDocument2.PageCount);
for (int idx = 0; idx < count; idx++)
{
PdfPage page1 = new PdfPage();
PdfPage page2 = new PdfPage();
if (inputDocument1.PageCount > idx)
{
page1 = inputDocument1.Pages[idx];
page1 = outputDocument.AddPage(page1);
}
if (inputDocument2.PageCount > idx)
{
page2 = inputDocument2.Pages[idx];
page2 = outputDocument.AddPage(page2);
}
}
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0]))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(assemblyFileNameList[0]);
}
// Save the document...
while (!(System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[0])))
{
string filename = assemblyFileNameList[0];
outputDocument.Save(filename);
}
// delete the temp file and clear the list
if (System.IO.File.Exists(assemblyFileNameList[1]))
{
System.IO.File.Delete(assemblyFileNameList[1]);
}
assemblyFileNameList.Clear();
}
}
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(returnFileName, true))
{
file.WriteLine(pdfFileName);
}
System.IO.File.Delete(psFileName);
actualSheetIndex++;
modifiedSheetIndex++;
}
else
{
actualSheetIndex++; // still need to increment sheet index, even if no drawing view was found
// on current sheet...
}
}
}
return(0);
}
catch (Exception x)
{
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(returnFileName, true))
{
file.WriteLine("Error: Problems printing pdfs, aborting operation");
file.WriteLine(x.ToString());
}
Console.WriteLine("Problems printing pdfs, aborting operation\n");
return(1);
}
}
